....to buy her Protein shake mix for post op and the 70 year old lady that asked if i needed help, I tell her I'm looking for the section where they have to Vitamins and Protein Shake mix, so she walks me to the back and shows me!!

She proceeds to ask me when my surgery is etc...and we chit chat for a min and she looks straight at me and says "honey you don't need that surgery, you look good like you are.....well thank you sweetheart, that was kind if you, but at 250 POUNDS I LOOK ANYTHING BUT GOOD!!!!!

So sweet of her and her 90 lbs. soaking wet body, but I thank I will go on with the surgery:)

Kim

8/8/13 is my day:)

It was very sweet of her, and I'm sure she meant every word. Good luck

I went into surgery at 229. Several nurses told me the same thing. It upset me actually. I kinda felt like someone was about to take a gift away from me.

We have the same date!! I'm 8/8/13 also good luck, maybe we could keep in touch

People have been telling me that from the begining.. I know that they all see me as not needing it.. but at the end of the day it's how you feel in your own skin.. take care and good luck next week!

My mother in law said the same kind of thing to me pre surgery and now that I'm post surgery she's saying 'you've lost enough weight you can stop now and be just fine.' Excuse me but I'm not going to take a major step like this and just stop! I haven't even made it to Onederland yet!

That was sweet of her. I get a lot of people telling me that and I weigh 290. "What, but you look so good now!" I don't care, I don't feel good.

I think when people say that, they don't realize how hard we struggle to stay at that weight. When my previous insurance lady to,d me I didn't weigh enough, in was like, "honey tell me how much I need to gain, because I sure can do it!"

People have been telling me that from the begining.. I know that they all see me as not needing it.. but at the end of the day it's how you feel in your own skin.. take care and good luck next week!

Yes, I def want to feel comfortable in my own skin!! I SURE don't now!!!

When I had my swallow test the day after surgery (3 wks ago), I overheard the techs discussing me. They said "soon people weighing 125 r gunna be having wls".

It actually made me feel uncomfortable. That I didn't deserve it. Pre op weight was 174, but that was down from 250 4 yrs ago pre lapband. I don't think I would've gotten wls at 174 if there hadn't been a complication.

When I went in for my psych eval, the doctor (male, eastern-European) said to me, "why would you want to do that to yourself -- you're a tall, beautiful woman!" It was pretty funny. I weighed 258, had out of control diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. I was facing losing my feet in a few years if I didn't get my diabetes under control. Once I told him that, he began to agree with me.

I was amazed at how many people supported my decision!

Kim2002, what a cute anecdote My prep nurse told me that she never would have guessed my weight. She was sweet too.

For me, the comment made me feel good, not bad. Like a testament that I'd been able to pull it off (it helps that it's all spread out over my 6 ft tall body) and that wheeling into that surgical room meant it only would get better from there! Congrats on your upcoming surgery!

Surgery day is here!! I did lose 12lbs on my preop diet!!! So I'm excited to see how much more I'm going to lose on this journey, to feel comfortable in my skin :)

Surgery day is here!! I did lose 12lbs on my preop diet!!! So I'm excited to see how much more I'm going to lose on this journey' date=' to feel comfortable in my skin :)[/quote']

Good luck and wishing you a smooth surgery and speedy recovery!

I actually think that so many people thinking we are just fine or normal is an indicator of the obesity epidemic overall, very overweight has become so commonplace that people have a strange form of reverse body dysmorphia. Just because that may have looked fine and "normal" doesn't mean it was healthy, it just means a lot of people are obese!